I know this may sound like a silly complaint, but I love it when a game box has a side made to look nice on the shelf when stored vertically (with the text in the proper orientation). I had already seen the image of the Pegasus edition when I bought the TMG version, so I was very disappointed to find out that my box didn't have that feature. TMG, why on Earth did you have to change the box?

So what? I myself have more games stored horizontally than vertically, but it's just one side of the box. Why not please both crowds? Also, my point was that the original box already had this side.

As the publisher posted above, neither was the original, they were made at the same time. And the horizontal orientation is going to be preferred by those who store their games horizontally, while the vertical orientation is going to be preferred by those who store their games vertically; I don't see any way to satisfy both.

(...) the horizontal orientation is going to be preferred by those who store their games horizontally, while the vertical orientation is going to be preferred by those who store their games vertically; I don't see any way to satisfy both.

Really?! What part of "one side" didn't you understand? How many sides of the box do you see when it is on the shelf? Just face it accordingly, Einstein. Or do you put your shelves in the middle of the room, so that you can see two opposing sides and one of them will be wrong?

There are many game boxes that have one long side oriented vertically, and the other oriented horizontally...thus satisfying both.

(That doesn't mean that it would have been practical for TMG to change this particular box, given the explanation of the print run...but for someone designing a box from the beginning, having both options makes sense.)

Really?! What part of "one side" didn't you understand? How many sides of the box do you see when it is on the shelf? Just face it accordingly, Einstein. Or do you put your shelves in the middle of the room, so that you can see two opposing sides and one of them will be wrong?

I own hundreds of games and zero that have different orientations of the text on facing sides. It seems like a poor solution, because most people aren't going to carefully turn their games around to have the right side facing out, and the people who store their games vertically aren't going to want to have some of them facing left and some facing right.

What I really wonder the most is why the simplest disagreement has to immediately devolve into insults.

I own hundreds of games and zero that have different orientations of the text on facing sides.

Don't you own Village? That was one of the ones that Gláucio said does this.

It does seem a bit amusing that you couldn't think of a way that boxes could have a side oriented vertically and another oriented horizontally. It seems pretty obvious that a box could have different designs on opposite sides.

DaviddesJ wrote:

What I really wonder the most is why the simplest disagreement has to immediately devolve into insults.

That almost never happens to me. If you're experiencing that frequently there may be another "obvious" explanation that you're overlooking.

What I really wonder the most is why the simplest disagreement has to immediately devolve into insults.

That almost never happens to me. If you're experiencing that frequently there may be another "obvious" explanation that you're overlooking.

I guess in this case it's because Gláucio despises me and seizes the opportunity to insult me when I post, pretty much regardless of what I say. That was one of the possibilities I considered, but not the only one.

I guess in this case it's because Gláucio despises me and seizes the opportunity to insult me when I post, pretty much regardless of what I say. That was one of the possibilities I considered, but not the only one.

See?

I don't "despise" you, but sometimes I don't know if you are really exposing a point of view or trolling. For example, I commented on having one side of the box fitting vertical storage, to please both crowds. I even put "one" in boldface. Your idiotic reply: "I don't see any way to satisfy both." I don't think you are stupid, so I can only take you as a troll. Also, you never admit you are wrong and argue ad nauseam until your interlocutor gives up, every time. I would really prefer not to interact with you, but you keep replying to my posts with comments like this.

Also, you never admit you are wrong and argue ad nauseam until your interlocutor gives up, every time.

Or if you prove his point wrong, he'll keep arguing and changing what he's saying so that he finishes saying something completely different than what he had been originally. At which point he'll claim he never said it. It's pointless to argue with him.

Easy if you allowed me! If you don't talk to me - again, as I have asked you already and you flat out said "no" - I will not respond to you. Deal?

No, I'm not going to keep some special list of people who are insulting and abusive to me and try to remember who they are and how they want to be handled. By the next time you insult me, I'll have forgotten this one until you remind me of it.

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